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WITNESSES I T I I a? G. w. HAMMOND.

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Patented May319,1883.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES- PATENT F E GEORGE W HAMMOND, on EAR PARK, INDIANA, AssIeNoR oF ONE-HALF ro GEORGE w. HENRY, OF s ME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,543, dated May 29, 1883,

Application filed'October 20, 1882.

To all'whom it may coaccrnr .Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON HAMMOND, of Earl Park, in the county of Benton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in o which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the line or m, Fig. 1, and part being broken away. Fig.3 is a sectional rear elevation of a part of the same, taken through theline y y, Fig.2.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the cultivation of plants planted in rows, and

1 also to promote convenience in adjusting the eultivators as the work to be done may require. A are the wheels of the cultivator, the axle B of which. is arched to adapt it to pass over tall plant's without injuring them.

2 To the center of the axleB is attached the tongue 0, the rear end of which projects, and which is strengthened in position by braces D, attached at their rear ends to the rear end of the said tongue 0, and attachedat their forward ends to the axle B at or near its lower angles. To the 'axle B, at or near its lower angles, are attached the rear ends of the draw-rods E,

the lower ends of the supporting-rods F. The upper ends of the rods F are attached to the ends of thedouble-tree G, which is pivoted at its center to the tongue manner.

To the supporting-rods F, or to the forward ends of the draw-rods E, are attached the single-trees H. By this construction the draft will be applied to the axle B, and the singletrees will be supported above the plants, and thus prevented from breaking down or injuring the said plants. The tongue 0 is further strengthened against lateral strain by the bounds or-br'aces I, the forward ends ofwhich are attached tothe opposite sides of the said (J, in the ordinary ow tongue G at or, near the-point of attachment of the double-tree G. The hounds or braces the forward ends of which are connected with outward and inward and an upward and down- (No model.)

I are attached to the axleB, and their rear ends projectand have hooks J attached to them, toreeeivethe plows and support the said plows above the ground when the ma- 5 chine is being taken from place to place. r

K are two U-shaped straps, the bends of which pass around the axle 'B at the inner ends of the hubs of the wheels A.

To and between the arms of the straps K are hinged, by bolts or rivets L, the forward ends of the straps M, the rear ends of which" are attached to the forward ends of the plowbeams N, so that the rear endsof the said plowbeams will have a free vertical and lateral movement. I

To the rear part of each plow-beam N is attached the upper end of a standard, '0, which inclines forward, and has a shovel-plow, P, or

other suitable plow attached to its lower end. 76 g The standards 0 are strengthened against the. draft-strain by braces Q, the lower ends of which are attached to the said standards, and their upper ends are attached to the plowbeams N.

' The mold-boards or sweeps R are made long and narrow, and have their lower edge in clined forward, so as to be in proper position for cutting weeds and raising soil to throw around the plants. The forward ends of the 80 mold-boards R are hinged to the opposite sides bars T, the inner ends of. which pass through slots in the lower ends of the hangers U,where they are secured in place by pins. or boltsV passing through them and through the saidhangers. Several holes are formed through the bars T to receive the pins V, so that the rear ends of the mold-boards R can be adjusted wider apart or closer together, as. the dis-.'

tance apart of the rows of plants may require. The. upper parts of the hangers U, or long tenons formed upon the said upper parts, pass through slots in the plow-beams N,where they 'are secured in place by set-screws, or by pins or bolts W, passing through the said plowbeam and-through one of several holes formed rear of and to the standards of the plow or through the said hangers, so that the said hangers can be raised and lowered as may .be required. The upper ends of the hangers U 5- are attached to levers X, placed above the plow-beams N, and the forward ends of whichare hinged to studs Y, or other suitable supports, attached to the upper sides of the said beams N. The rear ends of the levers X pro- I 10 ject in the rear of the plow-beams N, and

serve as handles for guiding the machine. With this. construction the machine is drawn over every other row and cultivates the entire space between that row and the adjacent row 15 upon each side, so that the machine will cultivate four rows at each round. With this con- I am aware that mold-boards hinged in the share and made adjustable laterally are not broadly new; but

What I do claim as new and of my inven- 25 tion is- In a cultivator, the combination of the-handle or lever X, pivotedat the end to a beamstandard, Y, the hanger U, having a series of transverse perforations connected at the lower 0 end with the wing-bars T, and attached to said lever, the beam N, vertically apertured and perforated transversely, and the pinsW, whereby the wings may be raised or lowered alone or with the plow, as shown and described.

his GEORGE WASHINGTON X HAMMOND..

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Witnesses:

G. W. JEWELL, C. H. K'ASSAQAUM. 

